Schedulers Cut Potential Classic in Two

Novak Djokovic hits a return during their third-round match Friday, before it was suspended for darkness.

Only two men not named Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal have won Grand Slam titles since the 2005 French Open. Novak Djokovic, who hasn’t lost a match this season, is one. Juan Martin Del Potro, who played three tournaments last year after having surgery on his right wrist, is the other.

Djokovic vs. Del Potro is the sort of match you’d salivate over in a Grand Slam semifinal or final. What a treat, then, to have it in the third round at this year’s French Open. Or at least, it would have been a treat, had the tournament’s organizers not stumbled their way to an embarrassing evening that ended with this potentially thrilling match called for darkness at one set all.